Where Physical Sciences Ph.D.s Received Their Undergraduate Degrees

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1. California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
1. Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA)
3. Reed College (Portland, OR)

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4. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Socorro, NM)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
6. Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
7. Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN)
8. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
9. Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
10. Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
11. The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
12. Haverford College (Haverford, PA)

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13. Rice University (Houston, TX)
14. University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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15. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
16. Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
17. Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)

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18. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

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19. Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
20. Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
21. Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
22. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
23. Hendrix College (Conway, AR)
24. Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO)

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25. Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)

Source: Baccalaureate Origins of Earned Doctoral Degrees, Pomona College Office of Institutional Research, 2015

About This List

Listed here are colleges ranked in order of the highest number of doctoral degrees per hundred B.A./B.S. degrees, signifying the success of the school in sending its graduates on to achieve doctorates in physical sciences (including subjects such as chemistry and physics). FYI, this list is from The College Finder, 2017 edition now available!

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